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Pseudo Garden: Carrots

Crop: Carrot

Celebrate
your Harvest in: 3ish months

When to Sow: I’ve
had success within this calendar as spring and autumn have always provided a
sweeter crop. Carrots are a cold weather crop to harvest as it’s usually to
chilly for seeds to germinate in winter.

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About Me: A root
vegetable that likes deep soil, but not too rich as this can encourage
splitting and mutation during growth.

It’s a good
idea to thin out* your carrots when they’re baby seedlings, about 4-5cm high.
This will allow room for them to grow without bumping up against each other; if
you don’t give them enough space you’ll stunt the buggers. Some gardeners like
to do a second thinning as well a few weeks later, you can use these for salads
and where tender thin carrots are required in the kitchen. A second thinning
allows enough room for your carrots to grow mighty and thick.

Sow your seeds
directly into the soil, as carrots don’t really appreciate being transferred
from trays.

A trick to
avoid the manual labor involved in thinning out is to sow your carrot seeds with
radish seeds. So when the radishes are ready for picking you can harvest away
whilst leaving room for your carrots to grow.

*Thinning
out involves pulling out baby seedlings giving your maturing veg room to grow. The
idea is to remove enough seedlings so those left have decent space to move and
develop properly.

**I used Kings Seeds as a nice reference point for this post and my own know how ofcourse!